Markdown as wikipedia mentioned it, is a lightweight markup language with simple text formatting syntax. the syntax is easy to write, i use markdown for this blog also, confluence page, documents, readme etc. i love Markdown mindset essay.

And for using markdown essentially you don’t need an Editor if you remember all the syntax, but sometimes it is nice to use an editor for quick formatting and also exporting markdown document to other format like HTML, PDF (it’s depends on your editor basically), this list is not necessarily a review, i can comment with my own usage.

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• Thinking with Type – it’s a quite comprehensive knowledge of how you do with your typeface, for print or for web, if you type lover, you’ll love this site.

• Building a thriving familiy and business – Comprehensive lists, still working on it, and i think, it will always be a work in progress, will not have a finish line. and that’s the beauty of it. because life will not stop.

The degradation of macOS development process, dunno why Apple has this thing, not long ago, macOS has some serious bug that you can do admin stuff by just.. not inserting any password.

• Jeff Goins System to Write 5 Books and Over 1,000 Blog Posts – how to be an effective writer, a writer is not limited to just some novel, scifi etc, but it could be a technical writer, guide, howtos, anything.
  Jeff Goins wrote how he focus with three bucket for each time he wants to write, one for Ideas, one for Drafts, one for Edits. with this system, we can have as many as writing we could have and write. i need to build a habit of writing, i hope i can write everyday.

• The Difference Between Children’s Books In China And The U.S. – how to plant the idea to children about perseverance, struggle, effort. and not always everything will according to our plan, everything is changeable, not persist.

• Snow in the Sahara – Just like Anggun’ song title, it is possible.